Guided walks with Roma Judaica
In these walks we start either at the Arch of Titus
on the Roman Forum, where we look of the reliefs of the Temple
Treasures brought from Jerusalem to Rome in 70 AD or at Portico
d´Ottavia, where one of the original two gates to
the ghetto was situated. In both tours we walk through the
ghetto district where the Jews were locked up for 300 years
while I tell you about life behind the walls. We look at the
churches were the Jews were forced to listen to Christian
sermons and the piazza where there were five synagogues within
one building. We also see the only remaining street from the
old ghetto and the Great Synagogue which was inaugurated
in 1904. This is the synagogue which Pope John Paul ll visited
in 1986 and said the now famous words: - You are our older
brothers. At the plaque commemorating the Roman Jews who lost
their lives during the Nazi occupation I will explain what
happened to the Roman and Italian Jews during fascism and
German occupation.